Use this modified eccentric exercise to strengthen the front of your Achilles and defeat this hard-to-treat injury.

Usually due to heavy landing on the fall and through wear and tear. A tendon is a band or cord of dense fibrous tissue at the end of a muscle which attaches it to a bone.

The achilles tendon attaches the calf muscles (made up of the soleus and gastrocnemius muscles) to the heel bone, transmitting forces through the foot and ankle at push off, as well as controlling ...

Objective: To prospectively investigate tendon thickness and tendon structure by ultrasonography in patients treated with eccentric calf muscle training for painful chronic Achilles tendinosis located ...

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson ruptured his Achilles tendon again, the team said. He had surgery on Thursday.